Transit Staff Report – November 2020

In November, hand sanitizing stations were placed at each entrance of the Operations Center. Many non-COVID related projects also continue at the Transit Department. A new dispatch software was chosen (EasyRides), a Wifi vendor for Wifi on the Gresham route was chosen (SinglePoint) and the bus barn project was completed.

Overall, ridership was 42.5% lower than that of September 2019. SAM Gresham was 43% lower. Estacada was down 43.4%, SAM rides was down 27.9%, the Shopper Shuttle was down 52.6%, Elderly and Disabled rides decreased slightly by 27.3%.

Most transit agencies are reporting similar ridership patterns, with 60-65% typical ridership.